Nikon D5, D850 and D500 will finally get CFexpress support by end of 2020
Oct 9, 2020
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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It’s been a LONG time since Nikon first announced that they would be creating firmware updates to add CFexpress support to the Nikon D5, D850 and D500 DSLRs to allow users to make use of the new format in their XQD card slots. Well, now, Nikon Rumors (not Nikon) is “confirming” that the firmware will be coming before the end of 2020.
The new CFexpress cards were first confirmed to be coming by ProGrade in March 2018 and by February 2019, Nikon had announced that they were going to support the new format through firmware updates for all of their XQD cameras (except the D4/D4s). In December 2019, that firmware update came for the Nikon Z6 & Z7 mirrorless cameras, but DSLR shooters have been kept waiting ever since.
NR says they’ve received a lot of emails asking when this new firmware update will happen, which isn’t surprising, given the number of companies that are now finally making CFexpress cards. And while NR doesn’t cite their source for this confirmation, they do claim that the firmware updates will be coming before the end of 2020.
Nice to hear that Nikon might finally be releasing the updates before the cameras become completely obsolete. Well, ok, the D5 kinda is, but at least the D850 and D500 are still sort-of current.
It’s expected that Nikon might say something official about the new D5/D850/D500 firmware during next week’s Z6 II and Z7 II announcement.
[via Nikon Rumors]
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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2 responses to “Nikon D5, D850 and D500 will finally get CFexpress support by end of 2020”
Demande n° : 05195702
Objet : Où en est la mise à jour du firmware du D850
Bonjour Monsieur
Merci d’avoir contacté le support Nikon.
Les cartes CF Express ne sont actuellement pas «encore» prises en charge par votre Nikon D850.
Je
tiens à vous informer qu’une mise à jour du micrologiciel est prévue
pour cette année, grâce à laquelle il sera possible d’utiliser des
cartes CFexpress pour votre appareil photo par la suite.
Malheureusement, je ne peux pas vous donner une indication exacte de la
date de sortie de cette mise à jour.
Je reste à votre disposition pour tout autre information et vous souhaite une bonne journée.
Cordialement,
Paul S.
Service client de Nikon
France Tel: 09 69 32 03 44
Belgique Tel: 02 626 45 05
Suisse Tel: 0848 277 000
Ouvert du lundi au vendredi, de 9 h à 17 h.
http://www.europe-nikon.com/support
On November 23rd, Nikon told me BOTH CF Express cards AND Eye AF functionality in Live View would be available by the end of the Year. I am very upset to see that ONLY the CF Express compatibility has been brought in that update !
Anyone has any information if they ever will ?